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World Cup 2026: How France created football’s deepest talent pool
France overcame decades of underachievement to create a football talent system unmatched anywhere in the world.
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Teenage boys who raped and sexually assaulted girls walk free from court with £26 fines
Exclusive: Campaigners and victims call for urgent change after ‘laughable’ sentences for youths convicted of rapeThree...
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French prosecutors to probe Israeli treatment of flotilla activists
Foreign minister asserts abuse against French nationals likely to amount to criminal offences if proven.
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Digested week: Is it pedantic to point out Trump is ‘ending’ a war he started? | John Crace
Plus, Nicola Sturgeon’s marital relations, the hell of burnout, Tony Blair’s saviour complex and SpursI was at Chequers...
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Texas Bitcoin reserve plans shift from ETF to direct BTC custody
Texas is hiring a crypto custodian to move its $10 million Strategic Bitcoin Reserve from BlackRock’s IBIT ETF into dire...
Crypto
Strategy situation ‘out of hand,’ says Arca exec on $15B preferred stock burden
Strategy’s capital structure may be under pressure as Arca’s Jeff Dorman highlights $15 billion in preferred stock oblig...
AI
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
South Korean chip startup Xcena is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory.
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Why are journalists being subjected to search warrants in the US? | Caitlin Vogus
The Department of Justice’s blatant disregard for the constitution and attempt to hide the law is disturbingOn Tuesday,...
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Hungarian police approve Budapest Pride despite previous ban
Policy U-turn comes after rightwing nationalist government was swept from power in April after 16-year ruleEurope live –...
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Cause of deaths of three sisters found in sea at Brighton still unclear, inquest hears
Medical investigations ongoing ‘to finalise the cause of death’ but police say they do not suspect foul playThe cause of...
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‘This sort of match needs a man’: Vallejo criticises female umpire at French Open
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo lost to French teenager Moïse KouaméParaguayan blames umpire for crowd being ‘very out of line’Par...
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‘Like a billionaire on acid’: Star Wars director Gareth Edwards comes out in favour of AI
Speaking at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event, the Rogue One film-maker Gareth Edwards said ‘it’ll do anything you ask’ and ‘...